Quality Technician I

Abbott • Houston, TX

19h • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. We currently have an opening for a Quality Technician I for the Vascular division. This role can be located at our Houston, TX location. This is a fully onsite role. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents. The main purpose of this role is to perform inspection and testing of purchased materials, components and products in accordance with policy and procedures, and to assist Supplier Quality Engineering with technical inspection support.

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED required or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Applies limited knowledge of basic technical concepts and practices and a basic understanding of product or systems fundamentals.
• Utilizes basic knowledge of numerical and and/or statistical data and computer software programs to resolve routine problems.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Assignments require limited judgment in troubleshooting proven processes

Nice To Haves

• Associates Degree or technical diploma, preferred.
• ASQ CMI certification, preferred.
• Knowledge of FDA, GMP, ISO 13485 and/or ISO 9001, preferred.
• Prior medical device component inspection experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists engineering in providing manufacturing support by reviewing and analyzing data to determine manufacturing issues and trends.
• Assist engineering on incoming tools and equipment qualification activities.
• Reviews and dispositions non-conforming material by utilizing tools and by developing knowledge of manufacturing practices and procedures.
• Documents non-conformances in Non-Conforming Material Review System and lead investigations.
• May also train operators on processes and engineering changes.
• Operates all associated test and measurement equipment as instructed and as documented in procedures.
• Achieve APOC CAPA Training & Certification to support QR and CAPA activities within Quality Operations
• Direct Supplier/Engineering Communication (Re: Incoming Issues)
• Performs visual, dimensional and functional inspection and testing according to documented policies and procedures and records them as prescribed, as needed.
• Performs routine technical tasks working from detailed written or verbal instructions.
• Performs routine set-up, testing, repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of certain area-specific equipment, materials, systems, and/or product.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• the Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
• health and wellness benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees